Hand-baggage.



S. J. ROSS.

HAND BAGGAGE.

APPLICATION rILED .1311.25, 1912,

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

v1 is a perspective of HAND-BAGGAGE.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

Patented 0ct. 15, 1912.

Application led April 25, 1912. Serial No. 693,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. Ross, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Moulton, county of Cassia, and State of Idaho, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Hand Baggage, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to hand baggage. One object of the Vpresent invention is the provision of a handle on the end of a traveling bag or suit case by which the suit case may be carried in an upright position alongside the body with the greater length of the suit case in upright position, thereby enabling the suit case to be more conveniently carried, especially in crowded quarters, and when entering or passing out of a car or walking along the aisle thereof, obviating catching or bumping the ends of the suit case as is now common with suit cases having the handle arranged at the side so that the greater length of the suit oase extends horizontally when carried. In this respect, the invention consists in the provision of a suit case having a handle, however constructed, on its end, in addition to the usual handle provided on the side of the suit case. Another object of the invention is the provision of a new handle for suit cases and other hand baggage, and in this respect, the invention consists in the provision of a metallic plate adapted to be disposed within the hand bag or suit case, preferably covered by the lining, which is provided with struck-up and re-bent parts, together with a flexible handle, preferably of leather having openings through which the struck-up ortions aforesaid pass, the handle being eld to the struck-up parts by pins or other fastenings passing t' rough the looped struckup parts above the handle, as will appear more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings :-F1gure a suit case provided with my new handle in addition to the ordinary handle Fig. 2, a view showing the use of the new handle; Fig. 3, a cross section of the new form of handle; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section thereof; and Fig. 5, a detail perspective showing the constructlon of the struckup loops. f

The suit case I may be of any preferred construction but will be, as now generally manufactured, of very considerably greater length from a to b than from b to c, Fig. 1. As now constructed, suit cases are provided with a handle 2 at the longer side thereof.

To enable the suit case to be carried in an upright position with its greater length a--b disposed vertically, I provide a handle 3 on the end of the suit case in addition to the usualhandle 2.

The second part of my invention is shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. A metal plate 4 is cut at 5 and parts are struck up and then rebent to provide loops 6 having flanges 7 bearing against the plate 5. The struck-up parts are cut away or reduced at 8. A handle 9, preferably of leather, has slots 10 which receive the upper parts 8 of the loops,-

the slots 10 being only slightly longer than the parts 8 so that the handle rests on the shoulders 11 and is always sufliciently raised so that the hand of the user may readily grasp it. Extending over the handle 9 are wear-plates 12 and 13 having slots 14 receiving the parts 8. Cotters 15 or other suitable pins or fastenings pass through the outer looped parts 8 and bear upon the plates 12 and 13. The struck-'up parts pass through the wall of the suit case 1, the plateI 4 being disposed on the inside and the handle 9 on the outside.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A handle for hand baggage having a plate adapted to be disposed against the in-V ner surface of a wall thereof and provided with struck-up looped parts, a handle having openings receiving the struck-up looped parts, and pins passing through the looped parts above the handle. l

2. A handle for hand baggage having a plate adapted to be disposed against the inner. surface of a wall thereof and provided with struck-up looped parts, havin reduced end arts and shoulders, a hand e having openlngs receiving said reduced end arts, said handle bearing against the shou ders, and pins received in the looped reduced end parts and bearing on the handle.

3. A handle for hand ba gage havmg a plate adapted to be dispose against the mner surface of a Wall thereof 'and provided with struck-up looped parts having reduced end parts and shoulders, a handle havingopenmgs receiving said reduced .end parts, said handle bearing against the shoulders, and pins received din the looped reduced end parts and bearing on the handle, the eX- tremities of the looped struck-up parts being provided with feet which gear against the plate. p

In testimony whereof, hereunto alix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- SAMUEL J. ROSS. Witnesses:

L. E. BRoNsoN,

ROY EAMES. 

